(5277) Brisbane Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 22 February 1988 by R. H. McNaught at Siding Spring.
Brisbane, the name of the capital city of Queensland, itself honors Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, an astronomer and the colonial governor who established Australia's first permanent observatory in 1822. The minor planet's discoverer was born 20 km from Brisbane's birthplace in Ayrshire, Scotland.Naming citation (20091004/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Brisbane is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Brisbane is 2.06 au from the Sun and 2.98 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 5277 |
| Provisional designation | 1988 DO |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.03 km (#15,132 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.366 |
| Rotation period | 2.61 hours |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.22 |
| Orbital period | 3.50 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.31 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 1.98 – 2.63 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.141 |
| Inclination | 8.57° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 0.996 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
Also discovered on 22 February 1988
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- (4456) Mawson
- (4499) Davidallen
- (4504) Jenkinson
- (4638) Estens
- (4667) Robbiesh
- (4678) Ninian
- (4679) Sybil
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